South Plainfield Recycling Program Christmas and New Year's Day Holiday Schedule

By A. TEMPEL

December 12, 2015 at 12:00 AM

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Curbside recyclables collection in Friday Section 5 will not be done on Christmas Day, Friday, December 25. Section 5 recyclables will be picked up on Saturday, December 26 instead. Collection in Friday Section 10 will not be done on January 1, New Year’s Day. Section 10 collection will be done instead on Saturday, January 2.

The South Plainfield Recycling Complex on Kenneth Avenue will be closed on Christmas and on New Year’s Day. The Recycling Center and the Yard Waste Site will be open on Thursday, December 24 from 8 am to 12 p.m., and from 8 am to 3 pm on Thursday, December 31. Both will be open as usual from 8 to 3 on Saturday, December 26 and January 2. Recycling normally is open from 12 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The Yard Waste winter schedule begins December 26. Yard Waste will be open only from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays.

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Letters to the Editor

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